I just
wanted to write to let you know how we've all been doing. We
adopted Pasha, renamed Shaylee, a little under 2 weeks ago and, from
the beginning, she fit right into our family. It took her a
little getting used to our lifestyle. Shaylee quickly realized
she has work to do: playing with kids all day, making sure we
get our exercise and learning people-speak. Luckily, she's
really smart and wants to do her best. Within a week, she's
learned how to climb steps, ask for the door, sit, fetch, stay, lie
down and what's ok to chew. We're now
working on shaking hands. She takes her job very seriously and
has added a few other responsibilities of her own accord:
escorting our children to the bathroom at night (in case of monsters)
and making sure the cats get along. I must add, she is the
cuddliest 45 lb dog to ever have climbed into my lap and she's so
polite and ladylike.
I also
wanted to thank you for the outstanding work that you do. Being
an animal lover and someone who has a lot of experience in working
with animals, I can tell that you know your stuff. You are all
amazing. I definitely will be adopting another animal with you
guys in the future. Please keep up the good work.
Thanks
once again for the great experience and for helping me add a wonderful
new member to our family.
Marie-Hélène
Update
May ’10 …
Just wanted to thank you all again for our girl Pasha. We've
since changed her name to Shaylee and a year later, we couldn't
imagine our lives without her. She's just a fantastic friend who
was quite the challenge to raise but totally worth it. We've had
to teach her everything from basic commands to simple things like
climbing the stairs and fetching a ball, but she sure knew how to
cuddle from the get-go!
In fact, she's best friends with our 6 yr old daughter and loves small
kids. In fact, we took her trick or treating with us. We
dressed our 2 yr old as Little Red Riding Hood, to go with "The Big
Bad Wolf". Really though, it was more the "Cuddly Wolf".
A few weeks after she came home with us she started to "smile".
Actually, it's something called a "submissive grin". It's pretty
scary to newcomers to see a bunch of teeth when they get here, but
we've learned that it means a big "Hi!". If I could, I think I
would take this doggy everywhere with me: she's so friendly and
calm. We love her to bits!
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